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T10 WHATS UP! June 12 - 18, 2022 Best Musical nominees "Six: The Musical," "Girl From the North Country," "MJ," "Paradise Square" and the Billy Crystal-led musical comedy "Mr. Saturday Night." Crystal, who is famous for his on-screen roles in "When Harry Met Sally" (1989), "City Slickers" (1991) and the 1992 film version of "Mr. Saturday Night," takes to the stage to reprise his movie role as Buddy Young Jr., a come- dian who has found fame and some fortune working in the ear- ly days of television. Now aging out of his career as he witnesses his own decline in popularity, Buddy tries his hand at one last hurrah while also trying to re- pair his broken family life be- hind the scenes. Starring alongside Crystal (nominated for Best Actor in a Musical and as a part of the team for Best Book of a Musical) in this new Broadway hit are Randy Graff ("Rent," 2005), Da- vid Paymer ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"), Chaston Harmon ("Paterson," 2016) and singer/ songwriter Shoshana Bean ("Bill & Ted Face the Music," 2020), the latter of whom is also nominated for Best Actress in a Musical. And while musicals do often draw the most attention when it comes to the glitz and glamour of Broadway productions, the plays must not be overlooked. Nominated this year for Best New Play are "Clyde's," "Hang- men," "The Lehman Trilogy," "The Minutes" and "Skeleton Crew," while "American Buffa- lo," "How I Learned to Drive," "Take Me Out," "Trouble in Mind" and "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf" are all being considered for Best Play Revival. Familiar names to TV fans at this year's Tony include Uzo Aduba ("Orange Is the New Black") for her role as the titular character in "Clyde's," Phylicia Rashad ("The Cosby Show") for her role as factory worker Faye in "Skeleton Crew," Patti LuPone ("Pose") for her role in the reviv- al of "Company," Jesse Tyler Fer- guson ("Modern Family") for his role as non-sporty manager Ma- son Marzac in the baseball- themed play "Take Me Out," and Hugh Jackman ("Les Mi- sérables," 2012) for his leading role as Harold Hill in "The Mu- sic Man" revival. Getting out to see a live show on Broadway during these try- ing times may be difficult for many, but tuning in to the Tony Awards couldn't be easier. Cele- brate theater's finest when the 75th Annual Tony Awards airs Sunday, June 12, on CBS. The event and its pre-show will also be available that day on Para- mount+. continued from page T2 From big stages to small screens: 'A Strange Loop,' 'Mr. Saturday Night' await results at 75th Annual Tony Awards TV FEATURE 5 x 5 Billy Crystal and Shoshanna Bean are both nominated for a Tony "Mr. Saturday Night"